Sunday, October 12, 2008

Proud To be an INDIAN

*Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of thetoday's computers run on it)?A. Vinod Dahm *

*Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji,who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 thposition now. **Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 webbased email program)?* *A. Sabeer Bhatia**Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is thecreator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?A. Arun Netravalli** **Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,responsible to iron out all initial problems?A. Sanjay Tejwrika **

Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart? A.Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.**Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, evenfaring better than the whites and the natives.There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,* *38% of doctors in USA are Indians.* *12% scientists in USA are Indians.36% of NASA scientists are Indians.* *34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.* *28% of IBM employees are Indians.* *17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.13% of XEROX employees are! Indians. *

*Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recentlypublished in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUTINDIA.1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. 2.India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. 3. Theworld's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. TheUniversity of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatestachievements of ancient India in the field of education.4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitablelanguage for computer software.

5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.6. Although western media portray modern images of India as povertystriken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was oncethe richest empire on earth.

7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. Thevery word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. 8. Thevalue of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained theconcept of what is now k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. Britishscholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's worksdates to the 6 th Century which is long before the Europeanmathematicians.

9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadraticequations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbersthe Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers asbig as 10 53. 10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, upuntil 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicionamongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was ProfessorJagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13. Chess was invented in India ..* *14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and healthscientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract,fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known inancient India .15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation) .16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in100 BC. *

*Quotes about India ..* *We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which noworthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.Albert Einstein.*

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India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, themother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother oftradition.Mark Twain.**If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living menhave found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream ofexistence, it is India ..French scholar Romain Rolland.* *

India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries withoutever having to send a single soldier across her border.Hu Shih* *(former Chinese ambassador to USA )* *

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BEENDLESS. BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in theIndia that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up toour potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershiningand inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world tofollow.I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA .** **